Former Leicester City defender Robert Huth has announced the end of professional playing career.

The title-winning centre-back revealed his decision to retire after a Twitter user posing as a football agent claimed he was joining Derby County.

In response to to the claim, Huth tweeted: “This literally couldn’t be less true. I’ve retired! (I just haven’t done an interview and cried about it.)”

The 34-year-old has not played since leaving City in the summer, the club choosing to let his contract expire after three-and-a-half-years’ service that included 93 appearances, six goals and one title.

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The final season of Huth’s City career was plagued by an ankle injury, and he did not make a single first-team appearance under Claude Puel.

Huth has now called time on his career, which also included a pair of Premier League titles at Chelsea, as well as 19 caps for Germany.

Following his retirement, Huth has also changed his Twitter bio, referencing his reputation as a player who did not mind gamesmanship. It now reads: “Ex shirt-pulling, elbowing, body-checking Premier league-winning motherf...”